The bossy gallito
Subtitle: El gallo de bodas ; a traditional Cuban folktale
By: retold by Lucía M. González ; illustrated by Lulu Delacre
Contributors: Delacre, Lulu, illustrator
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Orlando
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780153069628
Subjects: Folklore; Juvenile literature; Spanish language materials; Bilingual
Other titles: Gallo de bodas.
Description: In this cumulative Cuban folktale, a bossy rooster dirties his beak when he eats a kernel of corn and must find a way to clean it before his parrot uncle's wedding. Includes a glossary of Spanish words and information about the different birds in the story.
Notes: English and Spanish.

Pura Belpré Author Honor, 1996.

Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor, 1996.